Re: Workflow question
Re: Workflow question
- Subject: Re: Workflow question
- From: neil snape <email@hidden>
- Date: Thu, 23 Oct 2003 08:34:13 +0200
on 22/10/2003 20:49, Christophe wrote :
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A* If my image destiny is to be printed by a professional laboratory,
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1- I take my image (without any profile embeded)
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2- I embed my camera/scanner profile (if I have this profile) or I embed
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the Adobe RGB 98 profile (in this case, can we talk about "profile" ?)
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3- I convert this new file into my working space (it may be Adobe
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RGB... or my screen profile ?) (it's beginning confuse !)
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4- I work on my image (with PhotoShop for exemple)
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5- the end.
Rather a question of your lab. Few in France are Colorsync aware and of
those who are I doubt their accuracy or understanding of the workflow.
You'd want to rather use a standard workspace profile (yes Adobe 98 and sRGB
are profiles just a certain type of profile) to keep the grey to a standard
three equal values equals grey. You will also want to conserve the working
space profile throughout and archive in this same space. If the lab is
Colorsync aware then you have nothing to change, they'll do it on opening
the file and or ripping. IF they're not Colorsync aware it's best to send
out files in sRGB and accept the fact that their output will never color
match the original file colors that you've previewed on your calibrated
workflow.
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B* If I want to print my image on my inkjet printer,
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1 to 4 : same
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5- I told Photoshop what kind of printer I have (via its profile) so
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this is the end too at point 5.
Yes working space stays the same. Print out from Photoshop (6 and later) and
use the Colorsync method that the printer manufacturer has included in the
printer driver. You'll be best to acquire some books on color management and
workflow such as Realworld Color Management by Bruce Fraser or if you need
books in French Martin Evening's Photoshop for Photographers is published in
French, also Gerard Niemetzky on Color.
Also do a search on creativepro.com for all articles by Bruce Fraser.
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C* I calibrated my screen with ColorSync. So now, I have a profile for
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it. And what ?
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I don't see what my screen profile is doing in this story ? May be
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ColorSync is using it ?
The monitor profile is used behind the scenes in either the application
level (Photoshop and other Adobe products ) or operating system level
(wonderful OsX isn't it) so once you've calibrated and profiled the monitor
for a Colorsync workflow, it becomes your portal to your image yet is
"transparent" to your workflow settings.
Neil Snape nsnape @ noos.fr neil_snape @ mac.com
http://mapage.noos.fr/nsnape
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